How should osteoarthritis be treated? Do I need calcium supplements? Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease and a common modern movement system disease. Due to many factors such as aging, strain and trauma, the disease has a long course and is difficult to cure. Modern medicine is constantly working on a more comprehensive approach to the treatment of this type of disease. How to treat degenerative osteoarthritis Treatment of osteoarthritis is mainly divided into conservative treatment and surgical treatment. Conservative treatment is also known as drug therapy, which controls symptoms through systemic and intra-articular local medication and plays a fundamental role, usually using anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, which have a significant effect on disease relief and pain relief, but cannot cure the disease, and requires continuous medication because of the short duration of the effect. Patients should be evaluated in detail before using the drugs, and the drugs should be taken with caution and should not be taken for a long time. Surgical treatment: Osteotomy: To improve the balance of the joint by changing the line of force to achieve the purpose of treatment. Arthroscopic surgery: the use of arthroscopy to irrigate and clean the joint cavity and remove the free body formed by the cartilage fragments shed into the joint cavity, in order to efficiently improve the patient’s mobility, with good efficacy; Artificial joint replacement: when the patient’s condition has developed to a serious stage, seriously affecting normal life, artificial joint replacement can be considered, which is currently an efficient method to eliminate pain, correct deformity and improve function. It is an efficient method to eliminate pain, correct deformity and improve function, which has a better effect on the improvement of the condition and can greatly improve the quality of life of patients. In addition to these two therapies, physical therapy and body therapy are also widely accepted as complementary therapies for contemporary people, such as massage, massage, heat therapy and wax therapy, which can improve local microcirculation, relieve pain and activate blood circulation. Do patients with osteoarthritis need calcium supplements? It is often said that it takes a hundred days to break a bone, and a large supplement is needed when you are sick. Since osteoarthritis is an orthopedic disease, when suffering from the disease, the first reaction of patients is that they should take calcium supplements. But is this correct? Does osteoarthritis require calcium supplements? This is not true, and it is not necessary to take calcium supplements for osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is caused by the long-term loss of proteoglycans and collagen fibers, which are the main components of joint cartilage, resulting in low levels of these fibers, causing wear and tear on the joint cartilage due to lack of lubrication, which leads to joint pain. The root of osteoarthritis is in the cartilage, although the joints are painful, but taking more calcium, the joint cartilage will not be good, and will not cure arthritis. Moreover, it is a common misconception that taking calcium tablets has little effect on the treatment of osteoarthritis. Since the cause of osteoarthritis is the physiological degeneration of the bone and joints, current medicine has not yet researched drugs that can reverse or halt the progression of the disease. Therefore, the aim of current drug therapy is to relieve osteoarthritis inflammation, stop and delay the progression of the disease, reduce pain, and protect the joint to prevent the disease from worsening and leading to disability. Most of the current treatments are comprehensive, starting with patient education, followed by medication to slow down the disease, assisted by physical therapy, and finally surgical treatment, in order to improve the overall disease. It is important to choose the right method and medication, as only the right treatment can help to improve the disease. Since each patient with osteoarthritis has a different condition and requires a different treatment method, it is recommended that patients go to a regular orthopedic hospital to receive timely treatment and appropriate therapy when the condition is detected, so as to obtain the best treatment results. As for the drugs, you should choose the ones that act directly on the joint cartilage and stimulate the synthesis of proteoglycans in order to repair the joint cartilage and cure the arthritis. What should I pay attention to in terms of diet for people with osteoarthritis? Because sulfur is the raw material for the repair and reconstruction of bones, cartilage and connective tissues, and because sulfur also helps in the absorption of calcium, you should eat more asparagus, eggs, garlic and onions, all of which contain sulfur. Also eat more rice, wheat and rye because they contain histidine, which is good for removing excess metals from the body. Also eat more foods rich in carotenoids, flavonoids, vitamins C and E. Milk, fatty animals and liver are best eaten sparingly. Milk causes the body to produce mediators prostaglandins, which can aggravate the manifestations of arthritis. And fatty meat, animal liver contains animal fat, metabolites in the body after metabolism will inhibit T lymphocyte function, easy to cause and aggravate joint pain, swelling, bone decalcification osteoporosis and joint destruction. Also pay attention to drink less alcohol and coffee, tea and other beverages, and sugar is best eaten sparingly. When you are ill, your body becomes much weaker and requires much more attention than when you are healthy, so you must pay attention to your health. In Chinese medicine, it is said that diseases occurring inside the human body will be reflected externally, so it is important to check your body frequently and pay attention to the changes in your body so that you can detect the disease in time to prevent it from happening.